BALTIMORE (AP) — It was a night when both teams lamented a potentially devastating loss.
The satisfaction the Baltimore Orioles derived from beating the New York Yankees 11-3 Monday was dampened by the possibility that third baseman Manny...

Baseball fans were still trying to sort out the dizzying deals for postseason aces Jon Lester and John Lackey, Home Run Derby champ Yoenis Cespedes and All-Star shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera when they were treated to a most curious sight Thursday.
In the...

BLUE JAYS: Slugger Jose Bautista was held out of the starting lineup for a third straight game Wednesday with a sore back and has not been able to swing a bat since the weekend, manager John Gibbons said.
YANKEES: First baseman Mark Teixeira has taken...

DODGERS: The Dodgers signed Cuban shortstop Erisbel Arruebarrena to a five-year contract Saturday.
New reports say the contract is worth $25 million, including a $7.5 million signing bonus.
The Dodgers had been negotiating with Arruebarrena for...

Alex Rodriguez played first base for the first time in his professional career Sunday, handling three chances in three innings during the New York Yankees' 7-0 win over the Houston Astros.
"It was fun," Rodriguez said. "It was quite interesting, after 20 year in the league, to see the game from a totally different lens."
The 39-year-old, who lost his third-base job to Chase Headley during a season-long drug suspension, caught Headley's throw following Jose Altuve's grounder leading off the bottom of the...

TAMPA, Fla. — When tainted slugger Alex Rodriguez arrived early at Yankees camp last month, team officials fumed over the fact he didn't tell them he was coming.
It was a preemptive strike from "A-Rod,'' getting his apology out of the way before the media horde got out of control.
"No mistake that I've made has any good answer or a justification," Rodriguez told reporters, referring to a year-long suspension for his involvement in the Biogenesis PED scandal. "It's unexplainable and that's on me....

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Aaron Nola, who faced major league hitters for the first time in his career Friday at Bright House Field, didn't get a chance to talk to Cole Hamels before his outing.
Hamels would have advised him: Don't try to do too much.
Hamels should know. He was in a similar situation making his spring major league debut against the very same team — the New York Yankees — March 5, 2004, and struck out Alex Rodriguez, Derek Jeter and Tony Clark in two shutout innings.
Even...

Alex Rodriguez erased any personal doubts about regaining his power with one big swing.
Rodriguez hit his first home run since returning to the Yankees following a drug suspension and Chris Capuano was forced out in the first inning by a quadriceps injury in New York's 10-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday.
"I was very happy. I haven't it a ball like that in a long time," Rodriguez said. "Again, it's early March. We'll see what happens. You have to do that in New York, where it counts. It's...

Rule 5 pick Jason Garcia doesn’t have much time to impress the Orioles this spring training, and he’s facing an uphill climb to crack a crowded bullpen. But despite not having the cleanest inning in the Orioles' 3-1 win over the New York Yankees on Tuesday, manager Buck Showalter came away impressed.
Garcia entered in the top of the sixth inning with the Orioles having just taken a 2-0 lead. After retiring the first batter he faced, he allowed a double to right to Chase Headley. Garcia ...